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Remarks on Two 0 ^ riter&x > nilkr § u $ eG& of Sunday * Schools . -607
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ductive of incalculable y benefit , ' as * we ] to themselves , as to the objects of their fc ^ efo ten t exertions . \ The utility and importance atIfce work * they readily admitted ; admitted , alas ! in
words ; but here they slopped ; No arguments in any po ^ er cduld ind uce them to make the least effort towards to desirable an' object . If this paragraph should meet their eyey tKey will know that it isr dictated inl the
spirit of Christian friendsliip , and by ad ardent desire to see Siiaday-Scliools established wherever the name of Umtananism is mentioned . I heartily concur with your
correspondent ; Verus * iri disclaiming all foreign * support for the trifling expenses incurred by Sunday-Schools , unless , indeed , in cases where the
congregation consists entirely of very poor pebple . But I earnestly wish that toy experience coincided wlfti his In the ample assistance obtained from thq young persons of the
congregation . Here we do indeed differ widely ; and perhaps he will scarcely givfe : me credit when I assure him , that iw the Sunday-Sfchool with which I aia& connected ^ the difficulty of
ofetatmng assistance is so overwhelming to * the v * ery few individuals who are engaged in it , that we have several times bebn upon the point of giving it up in despair , and that nothing but a sense of iridperative daty and the growing interest we feel in ti * e hnj ) fovem 0 Ht of the children of , our charge / could induce fls to proceed
under such y eiy discouraging carcunastances . Most earnestly do I wish that it ^ rere possible to arouse the irieaibers of the congregation , aiid ntiore particularly the young / to
engage in thi ^ interesting and delightful duty . Those ivho have engaged in it , have declared that they felt an ihcreased interest e ^ ery time that they attended , and such would be the case
of the rest , if it were possible to induce them to begin . But while they remain at a distance , and fancy themselves incapable of rendering us any assistance , ( he work languishes , and almost dies in our hands . Let us then pray the Lord of the harvest , that he would send forth labourers
into his harvest . We have likewise , in common with several of your correspondents , who have written on this subject , been
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This 'is uneandid ;; besides that ; the reasons whidlv he giires > for this positive denial are not such > as completely to sati s fy a reflecting ^ oarnd * . in the first place , he knows k > f no Unitarians , although % & has a pretty general acquaintance with themy who are either averse or indifferent to the education
of the you&fal poor 5 . and he * netier heard of ; anj ^ till he saw ; the lettet from Bristoli . I rejoice that tliis is tke case , and I am not for a moment disposed to call in question the truth of his assertion * But his experience
does not justify hint in contradicting * facts brought forward by a per 3 on in it remote pS . rt of . the kingdom , any more than the King of Siam was justified in contradicting the person who informed him of the existence of
ice * E ^ ch has a right relate what lie has seep and heard ; but surely it argues a want of cinility , as well &s of candour and good sense , thus to attempt to make his own experience invalidate that . of others in distant
His second reason is equally curious , namely , fie knows Hot pi arty large and populous town , where tHere are Unitarian places of worship ; without S \ jl nday-Schools . This likewise is a matter of his own exoerience ^ add a matter or his own experience-j- arid
I am sure every friend to the best interests of the community will rejoice that s ^ ch is the ca ^ e , in the nei g hbourhood of Sheffield . But , jsiad this ^ gentleman > seen tt ' ftft'rf' the
southern parts of the e 6 uatry , he might ,. perhaps , have seen caitjse ^ to have spoken differently on the subject ., My residence i ^ something more than thirty miles from the Metropolis , ; an 4 aUhougth I cannot ? , like Verafe , boa * t of a very > extensive acquaintance of
with Unitarians ^ yet I knavv several lbrger aftd flourishing cOngregfetibna ia very populous places , Wlio have np Sunday-Sohools 5 ticjf do I think th&fe they have any thing of the kind in view . I say not thie to reproach nay Unitarian friends , but if possible to stimulate them to the
good work . I have had considerable conversation with some of the members of th ^ se congreguti ojti s , and endeavoured ell in my pouter to convince them of the utility and importance of th ^ se institutions , and ti > persuade them in earnest to 8 § t about a work which I was convinced would be pro-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/31/
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